Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 950 · 40 questions

Tip (Show, don’t pad): Include: contact details (mobile, email, city), education and marks, skills, projects, activities and clubs, awards, languages, volunteer work. Leave out: bank details, your Aadhaar number, passwords, party selfies, other people’s marks, long life stories and anything made up. One page, one plain font; be ready to explain every line with a short example.

1. 1.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
2. 2.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) awards and prizes
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
5. 5.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
7. 7.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a website for our club (d) Class 10 board: 88%
13. 13.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
17. 17.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) built a rain gauge model (c) eco club member (d) a website for our club
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
19. 19.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) a website for our club (c) B.Com first year (d) spreadsheets (basic)
20. 20.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a website for our club (d) eco club member
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
23. 23.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) one page
24. 24.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) spreadsheets (basic)
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
26. 26.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
32. 32.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) eco club member (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) B.Com first year
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
35. 35.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) debate club secretary (c) your city and PIN code (d) school football team
36. 36.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
40. 40.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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